Using data driven approaches to make short-term predictions of storm surge around New Zealand's coast

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Using data driven approaches to make short-term predictions of storm surge around New Zealand's coast

Some surge is a critical component of coastal flooding during extreme storms, particularly when coupled with abnormally high tides. Numerical dynamical models of sufficient accuracy for real-time civil defence applications can be unwieldy and cost-prohibitive because of New Zealand's complex coastal environment, compounded by low resolution weather predictions.

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